Study: Northern Colorado has the state's top living spot

Men's league golfers tee off on the first hole at the Pelican Lakes Golf Country Club in Windsor in August. On Sept. 10 Windsor was ranked the top spot in Colorado to live by a CreditDonkey study.
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Maybe Windsor's history of growing sugar beets helped life in the town become so sweet.

Windsor was recently ranked No. 1 in a study of the "Best Cities to Live in Colorado." The town's low crime rate, ideal location and nearby amenities helped it beat out other favorable locations in the state, according to the study's creator, CreditDonkey.

The credit card comparison website analyzed crime rate, commute time, income, education and restaurants per capita to rank the top places to live in the Centennial State. Windsor beat out the second and third best places to live, Boulder and Durango.

"Windsor's outstanding violent crime rate contributed to its ranking as our number one pick overall, but that's not the only reason why life here is so great," according the CreditDonkey survey released Sept. 10. "Convenient to Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins, this city of nearly 20,000 people offers superior schools, reasonably priced homes and all of the amenities you'd expect in a larger urban area."

Fort Collins, which typically is ranked high on polls, surveys and listings of top spots to live nationwide, came in at No. 7 in CreditDonkey's study.

"Whether you're a student, job seeker or outdoor enthusiast, it doesn't get any better than Fort Collins," the study states. According to the list though, living in Centennial, Erie and Broomfield is better than in the "Choice City."

As a whole, Colorado is a great place "whether you're just starting out in your career or heading toward retirement," according to CreditDonkey.